Opinion

After years of deliberation our armed forces have finally moved into the hot bed of ‘terrorism’ in Pakistan, Miranshah in North Waziristan. Miranshah has long served as the center of control for the terrorists and is believed to be the last major militant sanctuary in the border region. Foot soldiers moved into the city a couple of days ago from a nearby garrison after the place was leveled by two

Sixty seven years ago, Pakistan came into being as a result of the years of long struggle of Muslims of the sub-continent under the leadership of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The aim was the creation of a peaceful nation state where Muslims and Non-Muslims alike could live any way they chose to, without fear and outside intervention. Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s address of 11th August to the members of the

Pakistan has always been one for keeping up with the Joneses. While a highly juvenile and soon to be obsolete way of conspicuous consumption, this pattern of spending and misplaced priorities seems to have grown to determine most of the country’s political agenda and foreign policy. It doesn’t matter if we’re liquid-asset poor, neck deep in debt and have to keep borrowing more just to keep the economy afloat; if

The Pak-USA relationship has always been unrealistic in all aspects. The diplomatic relations that was forged a few decades ago has been based on primarily providing economic and military assistance to Pakistan. Nevertheless, the history of these relationships can be visualized with the movement of a “roller coaster”. Things were entirely different pre 9/11 or dare I say they were rather much different before the 1998 atomic explosive tests. India’s

The term ‘Hindu Terrorism’ (also known as Saffron Terror) came into the limelight in 2010, when Wikileaks reported a statement by Rahul Gandhi to the US ambassador to India. While talking to the US ambassador, Rahul Gandhi said, “Although there was evidence of some support for Lashkar-e-Taiba among certain elements in India’s indigenous Muslim community, the bigger threat may be the growth of radicalized Hindu groups, which create religious tensions

All hail democracy! All hail democracy! That’s all we heard around the end of the Musharraf era. Thinkers, bloggers, scientists, politicians, bureaucrats, businessmen, people on the streets, janitors, tea boys, they all wanted it. We had had enough of dictators and finally the people had an opportunity to decide their own fate. Well like they say, ‘be careful what you wish for, you just might get it!’ That above statement

Corruption, Corruption and Corruption…. We listen, read and discuss daily about this one word more than any other word. In fact this has become a norm for us to talk about this word. From morning tea to dinner, somewhere in the world this word always remain under discussion. But what Corruption exactly is? Transparency International defines corruption as: “Corruption is the abuse of entrusted power for private gain. It hurts

Elections ahoy! Elections Ahoy! Yes people it’s almost time! For the first time in the history of Pakistan a civilian government will hand over power to another civilian government (I got the chills just typing that). But that’s the truth and it is time for us civilians to now decide who is going to plunder and loot… uh… I mean ‘govern’ us for the next five years. The Contenders… To

In August last year my parents went to Canada to visit my sister. The whole time they were there they were all praise for the place and every other Skype call had the same lecture for me: Apply for immigration! Why don’t you apply for Canadian immigration? What is it in Pakistan that has you stuck there? Apply for Canadian immigration IMMEDIATELY! I didn’t. Why you ask? Well for one

He who controls the media, controls minds. This rightly quoted line by the iconic singer Jim Morrison is perhaps not given heed by our media persons and organizations, where sensationalism and high ratings become the sole objective. The battle to gain commercials has even deteriorated the moral values and media ethics of our newsmen. However, this impish trend can be eradicated if cognizance is propagated. Since the very inception of

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